WHEREAS, the Missouri General Assembly, acting with the best of intentions, applied
to the Congress of the United States by resolution in accordance with Article V, Constitution of
the United States, for a constitutional convention for the purpose of amending the Constitution
of the United States and

WHEREAS, Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, was passed by the Eighty-second
General Assembly of the State of Missouri in 1983 specifically proposing a constitutional
convention for the sole purpose of adopting an amendment requiring a balanced federal budget;
and

WHEREAS, over the course of time, the will of the people of the State of Missouri has
changed with regards to Missouri's previous call for a constitutional convention to amend the
Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, certain persons or states have called for a constitutional convention on
issues that may be directly in opposition to the will of the people of this state; and

WHEREAS, the people of this state do not want their previous applications for a
constitutional convention to be aggregated with those calls for a convention from other states;
and

WHEREAS, former Justice of the United States Supreme Court Warren E. Burger,
former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Arthur J. Goldberg and many other
leading constitutional scholars are in general agreement that a convention, notwithstanding
whatever limitation might be placed on it by the call for a convention, may propose sweeping
constitutional changes or, by virtue of the authority of a constitutional convention, redraft the
Constitution of the United States creating an imminent peril to the well established rights of
citizens and to the duties of various levels of government; and

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States has been amended many times in the
history of this nation and may be amended many more times without the need to resort to a
constitutional convention, and has been interpreted for more than two hundred years and found
to be a sound document that protects the lives and liberties of citizens; and

WHEREAS, there is no need for, and in fact there is great danger in, a new constitution
or in opening the Constitution of the United States to radical changes, the adoption of which
could create legal chaos in this nation and begin the process of another two centuries of litigation
over its meaning and interpretation; and

WHEREAS, changes or amendments that may be needed in the present Constitution of
the United States may be proposed and enacted without resorting to a constitutional convention
by using the process provided in the Constitution and previously used throughout the history of
this nation:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of
Representatives of the Ninety-seventh General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate
concurring therein, that the Missouri General Assembly hereby repeals, rescinds, cancels, renders
null and void, and supersedes any and all existing applications to the Congress of the United
States for a constitutional convention under Article V of the Constitution of the United States
for any purpose, whether limited or general; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Missouri General Assembly urges the
legislature of each and every state that has applied to Congress for either a general or limited
constitutional convention to repeal and rescind their applications; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of
Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the
President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
the Administrator of General Services in Washington, D.C., each member of Missouri’s
Congressional delegation, and the Secretaries of State and presiding officers of both houses of
the legislatures of each state in the Union.